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THE EXCITING JOURNEY OF Writing
​a Fictional Book

"IT'S A LUXURY BEING A WRITER,
​ BECAUSE ALL YOU EVER THINK ABOUT IS LIFE."

​AMY TAN






THE MOUSE THAT BECAME THE CAT-character development sheet-antagonist

7/10/2017
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When writing books that entertain and capture the reader, a writer has to prepare.

To begin, which will save time, start with an outline. As it develops a writer works on  character development which is part 2. This is a behind the scene look at my process, and only my process. Every writer is different. 


This is the sheet about my antagonist Hank Calner that I will share in my upcoming book, THE MOUSE THAT BECAME THE CAT
Due out August 25th.
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Developing someone as evil as Hank Calner evolved as I wrote the story. He is an evil person without a conscious. He moves boldly in the daylight with little or no fear of being caught.  

HANK CALNER CHARACTER DEV. SHEET

My sheets break my character down. Who is he or she?
WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE
Hank is an large man in his early 40's.


CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES
Easily talks to people, especially children. He knows how to lure them in. They trust him.

CHARACTER FAILURES/FLAWS
He cannot control his anger, is overconfident, obsessive, sociopath. 

EMOTIONS/ATTITUDES-POSITIVE
Personally I found nothing in Hank's mind positive. He's a killer so I added to his negative emotional attitudes. 


EMOTIONS/ATTITUDES-NEGATIVE
He is extremely violent.
Very narcissistic
 Lacks empathy 
Hatred of young boys who appear happy
Lacks remorse and emotionally disconnected

 
I have other headings for GOALS, MOTIVATIONS, WOUNDS, AND NOTES.
Hank the antagonist and George the protagonist have something in common. They are both loners, comfortable with themselves. However, it stops there. Hank is a killer.


As the story developed so did Hank. THE CAT THAT BECAME THE MOUSE takes place in Los Angeles during the 1960's. However, I go back briefly to Hank's early childhood. Another time when he lived in Africa.

Hank has difficulty with the fact that George survived the attack. Both antagonist and protagonist are tormented for completely different reasons.

#protagonist, #antagonist,#The Mouse that became the Cat, #Robert Stephen, # write a novel, #writer, #novelist  ​
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    Robert Stephen.
    What makes a writer? What do you envision when you think about that question?

    Someone sitting by an open window looking out over the ocean, desert, mountains? Rainy day, foggy, sunny? 

    My definition of a writer of fiction. A person who drives himself or herself to the edge of insanity when writing a story to the best of their ability that you the reader find entertaining.

    I can honestly say my life has been interesting, far from boring.  Land baron, restaurateur, photographer, artisan, author. A life full of ups and downs. A life full of stories.

    Along the way I've met hundreds of people, some interesting, some not. Some dangerous, some beautiful, some kind, and some cruel. During my lifetime I've even had my heart run over a couple of times, but when all of it is said and done I wouldn't trade it in. 


    Writing has always been inside of me, but the siren never called to me. I wasn't ready until one day in October of 2015 when life said, "Start writing."

    Writing is a long journey, full of many perils, but don't be afraid it is an exciting adventure! 

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